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blockhouse

/blok-hous/US // ˈblɒkˌhaʊs //UK // (ˈblɒkˌhaʊs) //

碉楼,碉堡,碉房,仓库

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural block·hous·es [blok-hou-ziz]. /ˈblɒkˌhaʊ zɪz/.

    • : Military. a fortified structure with ports or loopholes through which defenders may direct gunfire.
    • : Also called garrison house. a building, usually of hewn timber and with a projecting upper story, having loopholes for musketry.
    • : a house built of squared logs.
    • : Rocketry. a structure near a launching site for rockets, generally made of heavily reinforced concrete, for housing and protecting personnel, electronic controls, and auxiliary apparatus before and during launching operations.

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Examples

  • Rigg pointed out a blockhouse on the bluff overlooking the beach, saying they could expect menacing fire from that area.

  • Much of the enemy firing, Liebling surmised, seemed to be coming from the blockhouse on the right that Rigg had singled out.

  • There seemed to be a blockhouse on shore, and a kind of earthwork, near which was a flagstaff, but no flag was exhibited.

  • The sunset rays pouring through the ports on the west side of the blockhouse slowly faded, leaving the main room dark.

  • All together they ran at the blockhouse door, the glowing, smoking tip of the log in the forefront.

  • In the aftermath of the cannon's roar came whoops of delight from nearly a hundred small boys in the blockhouse.

  • Then they set fire to arrows and shot them at the blockhouse, and they all rushed in through the front gate.